Turned out to be a misleading error message. The error said "insufficient permissions". It turned out a batch script on MS2000 was trying to run SQLPLUS and write to a file. The file was previously opened for update by another program and was still being held by the program. I killed the other program and the error went away. Thanks! Ron -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bobak, Mark Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 1:03 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Connect as SYSDBA Ron, Specifically, what error do you get? What Oracle version? What =3D platform? -----Original Message----- From: Smith, Ron L. [mailto:rlsmith@xxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 9:29 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Connect as SYSDBA I have a batch script that has been running for several months but all of a sudden failed this weekend. For some reason I can no longer do a sqlplus "system/password as sysdba". I don't know that anyone has changed anything. Any idea why this would quit working? Thanks! Ron Smith ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------